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ann romney was in rif mond yesterday. this is the first lady's second time in virginia in a month. >> i think she he will braces those values that women embrace and care about. and i think she definitely fires the women up. >> reporter: obama supporters waiting in line before the event say they trust the president to preserve their rights. >> equal pay for equal work. >> i have a daughter. it took a long time for women to gain what we have as far as rights. and it would be taking a giant step backward to vote in romney. i mean, he is against the right for a woman to have control over her body. >> reporter: but romney supporters says reproductive rights and other social issues have not come up in her door to door campaigning. the chairman of romney's loudoun county victory effort has knocked on thousands of doors since july. >> believe it or not, different than any other election, this question has not really come up. >> reporter: she said she believes the paramount issue for women in 2012 is the economy. >> i asked them t
ann romney was in rif mond yesterday. this is the first lady's second time in virginia in a month. >> i think she he will braces those values that women embrace and care about. and i think she definitely fires the women up. >> reporter: obama supporters waiting in line before the event say they trust the president to preserve their rights. >> equal pay for equal work. >> i have a daughter. it took a long time for women to gain what we have as far as rights. and it would...
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. >> reporter: back in cincinnati, a bakery is polling ohio voters with cookie sales. so far, it's obama in the lead. just four days until the president and mitt romney tangle again in their second debate on long island. live from cincinnati, steve hand elsman, news4. >>> when we come back this afternoon, a hidden camera investigation. what you need to know about chimney sweep scams. before you light up your fireplace this fall. >>> the actress who is front-runner to star in the new "fifty shades of grey" movie. >>> and movies opening this weekend. >>> doom and gloom is on sale. that's the title of the first new song in six years to be released by the rolling stopes. one of two new songs that will be on their new greatest hits album that goes out next month. they're celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. some music critics say the stones have gone back to their roots in the up-tempo blues track described as gritty, dirty, even swampy. there you go. >>>. ♪ i know my way around here ♪ the brooklyn duck >> barbra streisand went back to her brooklyn roots last n
. >> reporter: back in cincinnati, a bakery is polling ohio voters with cookie sales. so far, it's obama in the lead. just four days until the president and mitt romney tangle again in their second debate on long island. live from cincinnati, steve hand elsman, news4. >>> when we come back this afternoon, a hidden camera investigation. what you need to know about chimney sweep scams. before you light up your fireplace this fall. >>> the actress who is front-runner to...
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in the race for the white house, mitt romney is enjoying a surge in poll numbers after his strong debate performance. he is campaigning in the midwest at an appearance in iowa. he became emotional when he recounted a chance meeting with glen dougherty. a massachusetts mative. he was killed last month in benghazi. >>> meanwhile, president obama's campaign is using big bird to child romney for saying he'll end federal funding for public broadcasting. the satirical ad shows images of the convicted financiers including bernie madoff and it suggested that romney thinks it is more important to worry about sesame street than wall street. the republicans say that obama is focusing on inconsequential matters, rather than urge enissues like the economy and the middle east. the producer of sesame street have asked the obama campaign to stop using big bird. calling themselves a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. >>> first lady michelle obama is getting ready to speak to supporters in loudoun county right now. this come a day after anne romney's visit to the richmond area. julie carey is live with
in the race for the white house, mitt romney is enjoying a surge in poll numbers after his strong debate performance. he is campaigning in the midwest at an appearance in iowa. he became emotional when he recounted a chance meeting with glen dougherty. a massachusetts mative. he was killed last month in benghazi. >>> meanwhile, president obama's campaign is using big bird to child romney for saying he'll end federal funding for public broadcasting. the satirical ad shows images of the...
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the race is tied nationally, in two new polls. but mitt romney's likability has shot up after the denver debate. and romney's not mentioned in the new obama ad. >> stick with this guy. he will move us forward. >> reporter: the new romney/paul ryan ad replays the vp debate. >> absolutely. we're going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: in wisconsin today, ryan pushed turnout. >> vote early absentee so you can make sure you work on phone calls and getting people to the polls. >> reporter: in ohio. >> we even need you to talk to your relatives to pick them up. >> reporter: another state, georgia, began early voting today. first lady michelle obama cast her ballot. every day there are fewer voters left to win over and less time left to do it. the hofstra debate could be pivotal. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >>> pizza hut is having second thoughts about a promotional stunt that involves this week's presidential debate. the debate is a townhall format with questionsrom the public. pizza hut announced last week it would offer free pies
the race is tied nationally, in two new polls. but mitt romney's likability has shot up after the denver debate. and romney's not mentioned in the new obama ad. >> stick with this guy. he will move us forward. >> reporter: the new romney/paul ryan ad replays the vp debate. >> absolutely. we're going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: in wisconsin today, ryan pushed turnout. >> vote early absentee so you can make sure you work on phone calls and getting people to...
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mitt romney's strong performance has led to new momentum in the polls. the latest nbc news poll shows romney gained support in three swing states. it shows him leading by one point now in virginia. obama's lead in florida has shrunk to a single point and lost two points in ohio. he was leading romney by eight before the debate, now mr. obama is up by six. >>> get ready for even colder temps on the way, folks. we could see our first freeze. meteorologist doug kammerer is outside on the storm 4 weather deck. doug? >> oh, yeah, high, guys. temperatures out here right now, 62 degrees out at the airport right now. winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. humidity at 35%. very cool afternoon right now. we're going to be a lot cooler as we move through the next 24 hours or so. temperatures around the region, 61 in gaithersburg, 61 in leesburg, and 64 down towards fredericksburg. with this sunshine, feeling pretty good across much of the area, ashe sun goes down, however, we will cool off fairly quickly. let's head down to the silver spring area, around rosem
mitt romney's strong performance has led to new momentum in the polls. the latest nbc news poll shows romney gained support in three swing states. it shows him leading by one point now in virginia. obama's lead in florida has shrunk to a single point and lost two points in ohio. he was leading romney by eight before the debate, now mr. obama is up by six. >>> get ready for even colder temps on the way, folks. we could see our first freeze. meteorologist doug kammerer is outside on the...
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the race is tied nationally in two new polls. mitt romney's likability has shot up after the denver debate. and romney's not mentioned in the new obama ad. >> stick with this guy. he will move us forward. >> reporter: the new romney/paul ryan ad replayed the vp debate. >> absolutely. we're going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: in wisconsin today, ryan pushed turnout. >> vote early absentee, getting people to the polls. >> reporter: the same message later in ohio. >> we even need you to talk to your relatives to pick them up. that's so important. >> reporter: another state, georgia, began early voting today. first lady michelle obama cast her ballot. every day there are fewer voters left to win ov, and less time left to do it. so the hofstra debate could be pivotal. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >>> parents are getting a note about a stabbing at their child's school, at northwood high school on university boulevard west in silver spring. one teenager was injured. another is in custody. news4's pat collins is at the school wher
the race is tied nationally in two new polls. mitt romney's likability has shot up after the denver debate. and romney's not mentioned in the new obama ad. >> stick with this guy. he will move us forward. >> reporter: the new romney/paul ryan ad replayed the vp debate. >> absolutely. we're going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: in wisconsin today, ryan pushed turnout. >> vote early absentee, getting people to the polls. >> reporter: the same message later...
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. >> reporter: back in cincinnati, a bakery is polling ohio voters with cookie sales. so far, it's obama in the lead. just four days until the president and mitt romney face off again in their second debate on long island. from cincinnati, steve handelsman, news4. doreen, back to you. >>> i'll take it, steve. all the hype during the baseball season may come down to game five. the nats won a heart-pounding game against the cardinals last night. now all they've got to do is one more time. dan hellie down in nats park for more on this. >> this is why you do it, vance. why you grind out 162 games during the regular season. spring trning, if you're a fan, it's why you have season tickets. gave five of the divisional series tonight. the nationals sending their best pitcher to the mound, hoping to take down the defending world series champions, and move on to the national league championship series. last night made it all possible, though, because of one play at the end of the game. it was jayson werth. and what a play it was. let's look at how things went down. bottom of the
. >> reporter: back in cincinnati, a bakery is polling ohio voters with cookie sales. so far, it's obama in the lead. just four days until the president and mitt romney face off again in their second debate on long island. from cincinnati, steve handelsman, news4. doreen, back to you. >>> i'll take it, steve. all the hype during the baseball season may come down to game five. the nats won a heart-pounding game against the cardinals last night. now all they've got to do is one...
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i'm steve handelsman, news4. >>> there's a new poll out that suggests mitt romney's strong debate performance last week has improved his standing in the presidential race. the pew research center shows romney leading president obama among likely voters by a margin of 49% to 45%. three weeks ago, that same poll gave president obama an 8-point lead. >>> today the united nations secretary-general said the violence in syria is threatening the stability of the region. activists say the civil war has claimed more than 30,000 lives since it began last year, and the violence has spread beyond the borders. syrian mortars have landed in turkey. for six straight days turkey has launched retaliatory strikes. and warned syria not to test his resolve. he said turkey is ready for war. >>> posters considered so controversial they might incite violence are now hanging in several metro stations. news4's jackie bensen is at the u street station with reactions from riders and from the woman who is behind this campaign. >> reporter: well, the judge ordered the posters to be installed by 5:00 this evening. and it
i'm steve handelsman, news4. >>> there's a new poll out that suggests mitt romney's strong debate performance last week has improved his standing in the presidential race. the pew research center shows romney leading president obama among likely voters by a margin of 49% to 45%. three weeks ago, that same poll gave president obama an 8-point lead. >>> today the united nations secretary-general said the violence in syria is threatening the stability of the region. activists say...
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in the new nbc poll, no change in florida, obama by one. romney ahead now in virginia, up three since the debate. romney up two in ohio, trailing by six. >> you talk about single digits having picked sides as a result of the debate and romney got the advantage there. we see a slight closing in these tossup numbers in these three critical states. >> reporter: more pressure on the number two candidates who face off tonight. in their debate here, on domestic and foreign policy, biden and ryan will be seated, which normally leads to a lower energy level. from danville, kentucky, i'm steve handelsman, news4. >>> a security official at the u.s. embassy in yemen was assassinated today near his house. the state department has identified him as kasim atlan. he worked there for 11 years. he was off-duty and running errands with a family member when a gunman on a motorcycle pulled up and opened fire. that gunman got away. state department officials say it's too early to know whether his embassy job made him a target for murder. they say it is prematur
in the new nbc poll, no change in florida, obama by one. romney ahead now in virginia, up three since the debate. romney up two in ohio, trailing by six. >> you talk about single digits having picked sides as a result of the debate and romney got the advantage there. we see a slight closing in these tossup numbers in these three critical states. >> reporter: more pressure on the number two candidates who face off tonight. in their debate here, on domestic and foreign policy, biden...
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. >>> this morning, republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is closing the gap in the latest poll. according to the politico/george washington university poll, if the election were held today, 49% of americans would vote for the president, and 48% would vote for romney. today mitt romney will deliver a major foreign policy speech. the speech, called the mental of leadership, is the candidate's tenth foreign policy address since 2011. the former massachusetts governor links the attack on the american consulate in benghazi last month to al qaeda saying, "the attacks on america last month should not be seen as random acts. they are expressions of a larger struggle playing out across the middle east. these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists who use violence to impose their dark ideology on others." >>> today president obama will wrap up his two-day fund-raising trip in california. he will also announce the establishment of the cesar chavez national monument. at a concert, he poked fun at himself in a recent debate performance. >> everyone here is incredible professionals,
. >>> this morning, republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is closing the gap in the latest poll. according to the politico/george washington university poll, if the election were held today, 49% of americans would vote for the president, and 48% would vote for romney. today mitt romney will deliver a major foreign policy speech. the speech, called the mental of leadership, is the candidate's tenth foreign policy address since 2011. the former massachusetts governor links the...
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a new poll found that only 47% of voters find mitt romney to be trustworthy. then romney was like, "well, i hope it's not the same 47% i don't care about." [ laughter and applause ] be a bummer. did you hear about this? this week, president obama's facebook page received more than one million "likes" in a single day. yep. all of them from republicans who watched last week's debate. [ laughter and applause ] "we like you. we like you. that was fantastic." [ applause ] i don't know if you guys have heard about this, but with less than four weeks till the election, mitt romney's oldest son, tagg -- [ laughter ] tagg romney has been put in charge of his dad's campaign. he's giving speeches. he's talking to voters. he's even helped paul ryan prepare for the vp debate. this has left a lot of people wondering, "what about mitt romney's other four sons? we haven't heard much from them at all." we actually have them live, via satellite, from salt lake city, right now. hey, guys. how's it going? >> all: good. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm sorry. can you remind us what your
a new poll found that only 47% of voters find mitt romney to be trustworthy. then romney was like, "well, i hope it's not the same 47% i don't care about." [ laughter and applause ] be a bummer. did you hear about this? this week, president obama's facebook page received more than one million "likes" in a single day. yep. all of them from republicans who watched last week's debate. [ laughter and applause ] "we like you. we like you. that was fantastic." [ applause...
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you've seen the polls, nationally tight. romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by satate. how close is this race right now? >> the first debate did shift things. at first a lot of democrats were trying to apiece themselves saying all the movement in the polls is just a bunch of soft republicans who quote, unquote come home to mitt romney. he showed life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen in talking about campaigns, something shifted fundamentally, and it's a dead heat, but it's one of these but even right after the debate you had the obama campaign, yeah, it's just a dead heat, but we've got all the fundamental advantages in the battleground states and the romney folks would have conceded that. the numbers that have come over the last 72 hours, we're in a real dead heat, and you see that shift. this means, savannah, this debate couldn't be more critical for president obama. if he loses this debate, then you could start seeing momentum just continue to shift to romney, and he would pull ahead in
you've seen the polls, nationally tight. romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by satate. how close is this race right now? >> the first debate did shift things. at first a lot of democrats were trying to apiece themselves saying all the movement in the polls is just a bunch of soft republicans who quote, unquote come home to mitt romney. he showed life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen in talking about campaigns, something shifted...
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> in that poll romney had a mild lead. it was the president who led by a point. in wisconsin mr. obama's lead is three points. he had been up six in that state. however, in virginia the president has increased his lead to five points. that's up one from the previous poll. and tonight the focus will be on the vice presidential candidates as they face off in their only debate. jan crawford is at the debate site in danville, kentucky. jan, good morning. >> good morning, nora. romney is really gaining ground in our polls because of his debate performance last week. now the pressure is on biden to try to stop some of that momentum or at least to change the subject. appearing positive but all business, paul ryan arrived late wednesday in kentucky to crowds of well wishers. earlier in the day ryan took a break from practice sessions for ice cream and talked up the vice president's experience. >> it's a nervous situation because joe biden's one of the most experienced debaters we have in modern politics but the achilles heel he ha
> in that poll romney had a mild lead. it was the president who led by a point. in wisconsin mr. obama's lead is three points. he had been up six in that state. however, in virginia the president has increased his lead to five points. that's up one from the previous poll. and tonight the focus will be on the vice presidential candidates as they face off in their only debate. jan crawford is at the debate site in danville, kentucky. jan, good morning. >> good morning, nora. romney is...
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. > cheatin rpwnit new polls show mitt romney pulling ahead. here is a look at the pough research poll. the presidnt's lead has vanied theresi'sea i ed wiom vrshaes now tide with mitt romney. here to explainn what is happening. dick morris, fmer advisor to president ama and his new book is her com the bck cos na anss oed. >> thank you. >> gretchen: the game changing situation of this debate is astounding? >> yes, theedia is spinning as omaos ankit ro w you think about it. american people never had a good look at mitt romney. the last republican debate was in january or february and many independent and docrats didn't watch the republican coentind m ohe dn tune in and romney that is characterized as a fearsome creature, they saw the real romn and what a reasonable nice guy he is andeeaodas ihi t trkend t i ad like the one reagan established. that is responsible for the ip. >> gretchen: carter versus reagan? >> that is a key example. ptr alfct. an obeh, he was six points ahead and one week later he lost by nine andhe intervening thing there was t
. > cheatin rpwnit new polls show mitt romney pulling ahead. here is a look at the pough research poll. the presidnt's lead has vanied theresi'sea i ed wiom vrshaes now tide with mitt romney. here to explainn what is happening. dick morris, fmer advisor to president ama and his new book is her com the bck cos na anss oed. >> thank you. >> gretchen: the game changing situation of this debate is astounding? >> yes, theedia is spinning as omaos ankit ro w you think about it....
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new gallop poll showing a tighter race after the debate. the president is up by just three points after being up by six points at his peak. and we have the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: california's safely in obama's corner but he is not there looking for votes, and he is there raising campaign cash. a lot of it. >> are you fired up. >> reporter: the stars came out. george clooney, and stevie wonder, and john bon jovi and katy perry all there. >> everything we fought for in 2008 is here on the line here in 2012, and i need your help to finish what we started. >> reporter: it will be a lucrative california swing, over two days the obama campaign is expected to raise of minimum of $9.5 million. no surprise the president is shattering funding records. his re-election total is at 835 million. romney raised $548 million so far. romney spent a second consecutive day asking for votes in florida. the republican contender is riding the momentum from last week's debate. he is drawing big crowds from the campaign. >> you will have a cha
new gallop poll showing a tighter race after the debate. the president is up by just three points after being up by six points at his peak. and we have the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: california's safely in obama's corner but he is not there looking for votes, and he is there raising campaign cash. a lot of it. >> are you fired up. >> reporter: the stars came out. george clooney, and stevie wonder, and john bon jovi and katy perry all there. >>...
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but another poll, arg had romney up one. there's a new poll out today, came out today, survey usa has obama up one, 45% to 44% in ohio. >> i guess it depends on how many democrats you poll and how many republicans. >> that's true too. >> and that's why the debate is so important. because that deals with the energy and enthusiasm of your political base and that gets the turnout. if democrats are feeling muted and down beat after the debate, they might not be as fired out to go out and get their friends and rent a van and go to the polling place. the same thing with the republicans on the flip side. the enthusiasm and turnout on the base is going to matter in ohio. >> eamon, thank you. >> you bet. >> okay. are you a nationals fan? >> i'm -- i'm not. i'm not a baseball guy. so, but they're having a good year down here and redskins are doing all right too. >> yeah, that's true. a programming note, cnbc's coverage of the vice presidential debate starts tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. are you part of this? >> i am. carl and i
but another poll, arg had romney up one. there's a new poll out today, came out today, survey usa has obama up one, 45% to 44% in ohio. >> i guess it depends on how many democrats you poll and how many republicans. >> that's true too. >> and that's why the debate is so important. because that deals with the energy and enthusiasm of your political base and that gets the turnout. if democrats are feeling muted and down beat after the debate, they might not be as fired out to go...
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the poll numbers looking good for mitt romney. they have to make him look bad. they use awkward photos. there were photos and showing them to get together and embrace. it was a normal meet and greet with a family and a cand date. >> gretchen: you mean the first picture. >> brian: that looks awkward hands out early. and new york times front page. but if you watch the video there is nothing awkward about that meeting. >> gretchen: picture makes it look like he is far away. >> brian: hands out early. >> gretchen: we know that politics is all about imagery, folks that has transformed good or bad over the last couple of deck aleds as we saw thingos television and debates and thinking back to other october surprises. one of them had to do with the televised debate which was nixon-kennedy. first in nixon and mcgovern when kissinger announced there was peace in vietnam and that changed everything. that was an october surprise and nixon didn't agree with it. >> steve: he said peace at hand . democrats called foul. henry kisser said peace is at hand. >> brian: watergate h
the poll numbers looking good for mitt romney. they have to make him look bad. they use awkward photos. there were photos and showing them to get together and embrace. it was a normal meet and greet with a family and a cand date. >> gretchen: you mean the first picture. >> brian: that looks awkward hands out early. and new york times front page. but if you watch the video there is nothing awkward about that meeting. >> gretchen: picture makes it look like he is far away....
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we've seen some movement toward mitt romney in the polls. you saw that when joe biden raised the 47% video and went very hard about the values that mitt romney expressing there. but of course that provided an opening for paul ryan to come back at joe biden and his reputation for say things in the exactly the right way. >> i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> but i always say what i mean. >> now, that was a very funny line by paul ryan, but what you saw was then vice president biden picked up and continued to go aggressively as he did all night after paul ryan. and he said it was the republican ticket that was being disingenuous when paul ryan was criticizing obama's economic record, the economic stimulus and biden says, wait a minute, you asked for some of that stimulus money. >> i love my friend here. i'm not allowed to show letters, but go on our website, he sent me two letters saying by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state
we've seen some movement toward mitt romney in the polls. you saw that when joe biden raised the 47% video and went very hard about the values that mitt romney expressing there. but of course that provided an opening for paul ryan to come back at joe biden and his reputation for say things in the exactly the right way. >> i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> but i always say what i mean. >> now, that...
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. >> reporter: with the polls tightening, the president needs to fire up his base while mitt romney needs to convert 2008 obama voters. last night in kentucky, they got a lot of help from their running mates. rob, paula. back to you. >> thank you, karen. as karen alluded to -- polls are tight. dead heat in virginia. obama up one in florida. doing well in ohio up by six. in colorado, romney is ahead by a point now. virginia is still tight. obama is up by five there. wisconsin up by three. so it really is -- the country watches, but really about a cluster, maybe six, eight states will make or break this race. romney made up a lot of ground since last week's debate for sure. >> i don't know if this one will move the needle. both appealed to their base really. joe biden didn't make any fatal flaws. and neither did paul ryan in this one. but, you know let everybody spin it how they want. i looked at six different polls. three gave it to biden. three gave it to paul ryan. >> it's a draw essentially. >> pretty much is a draw. >> again, i know the media's inclination, folk's inclination to pay at
. >> reporter: with the polls tightening, the president needs to fire up his base while mitt romney needs to convert 2008 obama voters. last night in kentucky, they got a lot of help from their running mates. rob, paula. back to you. >> thank you, karen. as karen alluded to -- polls are tight. dead heat in virginia. obama up one in florida. doing well in ohio up by six. in colorado, romney is ahead by a point now. virginia is still tight. obama is up by five there. wisconsin up by...
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you've seen the polls nationally tight, romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by state. how close is the race now? >> the first debate did sort of shift things. at first you had a lot of democrats that were trying to appease themselves by saying oh, all the movement in the polls is a bunch of soft republicans that quote, unquote come home to mitt romney, he shows life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen and in talking to both campaigns, something shifted fundamentally, and it is a dead heat, but it is one of these even right after the debate with obama campaigning, yes, it is a dead heat but we have the fundamentalists in battleground states. romney folks would have conceded that. this morning, the numbers in the last 72 hours, we are in a dead heat and you see the shift. this means, savannah, this debate couldn't be more critical for president obama because if he loses this debate, then you could start seeing a momentum continue to shift to romney. i think he would pull ahead in a lot of state
you've seen the polls nationally tight, romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by state. how close is the race now? >> the first debate did sort of shift things. at first you had a lot of democrats that were trying to appease themselves by saying oh, all the movement in the polls is a bunch of soft republicans that quote, unquote come home to mitt romney, he shows life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen and in talking to both campaigns,...